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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2017:0710 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2017-03-21
Updated:
2017-03-21

RHBA-2017:0710 - Bug Fix Advisory

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Synopsis

wpa_supplicant bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for wpa_supplicant is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The wpa_supplicant packages contain an 802.1X Supplicant with support for WEP, WPA, WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN), and various EAP authentication methods. They implement key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator for client stations and controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication and association of the WLAN driver.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of wpa_supplicant are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Release_Notes/index.html
  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Technical_Notes/index.html
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31839646665b678be0cff3ec6994a61948dc418c172bc85dcfbe31967ebbe5ef
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7abb8503dc02eb0596118e1d317fb97625f1b3c034d45ddea0619cd40ff43773
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7abb8503dc02eb0596118e1d317fb97625f1b3c034d45ddea0619cd40ff43773
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: caa68f05570e146b4e89ca1614fbe62ab72d827493289ea3b4a5699445abae7a
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: caa68f05570e146b4e89ca1614fbe62ab72d827493289ea3b4a5699445abae7a
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8d6b07e10aa3672b9d0b1a9a0241bd6cf8f545bb9e016baaa2fc0bd89c9e31e8
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: e95c86c8555f0478b52516287bb3af0f689a49ccc03856ca5c4c940a2511bfab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31839646665b678be0cff3ec6994a61948dc418c172bc85dcfbe31967ebbe5ef
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7abb8503dc02eb0596118e1d317fb97625f1b3c034d45ddea0619cd40ff43773
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: caa68f05570e146b4e89ca1614fbe62ab72d827493289ea3b4a5699445abae7a
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8d6b07e10aa3672b9d0b1a9a0241bd6cf8f545bb9e016baaa2fc0bd89c9e31e8
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: e95c86c8555f0478b52516287bb3af0f689a49ccc03856ca5c4c940a2511bfab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31839646665b678be0cff3ec6994a61948dc418c172bc85dcfbe31967ebbe5ef
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7abb8503dc02eb0596118e1d317fb97625f1b3c034d45ddea0619cd40ff43773
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: caa68f05570e146b4e89ca1614fbe62ab72d827493289ea3b4a5699445abae7a
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8d6b07e10aa3672b9d0b1a9a0241bd6cf8f545bb9e016baaa2fc0bd89c9e31e8
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: e95c86c8555f0478b52516287bb3af0f689a49ccc03856ca5c4c940a2511bfab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31839646665b678be0cff3ec6994a61948dc418c172bc85dcfbe31967ebbe5ef
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7abb8503dc02eb0596118e1d317fb97625f1b3c034d45ddea0619cd40ff43773
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: caa68f05570e146b4e89ca1614fbe62ab72d827493289ea3b4a5699445abae7a
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8d6b07e10aa3672b9d0b1a9a0241bd6cf8f545bb9e016baaa2fc0bd89c9e31e8
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: e95c86c8555f0478b52516287bb3af0f689a49ccc03856ca5c4c940a2511bfab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31839646665b678be0cff3ec6994a61948dc418c172bc85dcfbe31967ebbe5ef
s390x
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 49f95d22a0827e48a1ce29bde4bca056946aaa60ed9fbd11234b22f22052cf86
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dd649c0eb6d228c89a9ecece6660490fddeed1368f61d61d5b7305534fbb7ec1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31839646665b678be0cff3ec6994a61948dc418c172bc85dcfbe31967ebbe5ef
ppc64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 0d85a78e90faab06f1321a84a3590356a85d60ddd8cb25cc9cf9a8221e4566af
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 20453daaf9a342a10e3159d7fbe56118430906e60c6a3c15ce316ba5b821b5a1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31839646665b678be0cff3ec6994a61948dc418c172bc85dcfbe31967ebbe5ef
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7abb8503dc02eb0596118e1d317fb97625f1b3c034d45ddea0619cd40ff43773
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: caa68f05570e146b4e89ca1614fbe62ab72d827493289ea3b4a5699445abae7a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31839646665b678be0cff3ec6994a61948dc418c172bc85dcfbe31967ebbe5ef
s390x
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 49f95d22a0827e48a1ce29bde4bca056946aaa60ed9fbd11234b22f22052cf86
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dd649c0eb6d228c89a9ecece6660490fddeed1368f61d61d5b7305534fbb7ec1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31839646665b678be0cff3ec6994a61948dc418c172bc85dcfbe31967ebbe5ef
x86_64
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7abb8503dc02eb0596118e1d317fb97625f1b3c034d45ddea0619cd40ff43773
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: caa68f05570e146b4e89ca1614fbe62ab72d827493289ea3b4a5699445abae7a
i386
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 8d6b07e10aa3672b9d0b1a9a0241bd6cf8f545bb9e016baaa2fc0bd89c9e31e8
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: e95c86c8555f0478b52516287bb3af0f689a49ccc03856ca5c4c940a2511bfab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 31839646665b678be0cff3ec6994a61948dc418c172bc85dcfbe31967ebbe5ef
s390x
wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-9.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 49f95d22a0827e48a1ce29bde4bca056946aaa60ed9fbd11234b22f22052cf86
wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.7.3-9.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dd649c0eb6d228c89a9ecece6660490fddeed1368f61d61d5b7305534fbb7ec1

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